Disclaimer: I do not own OHSHC, but I would not pass up an opportunity to go with them for a bonding weekend.

Tamaki had insisted on a "bonding weekend," which Kyoya heard as "let's spend a lot of money!"

Haruhi begged to be absent, but the twins draped themselves over her and told her that she had to be there to bond with them, and were subsequently chased across the room by Tamaki.

"Don't you want to spend time with us, Haru-chan?" Hani asked as he hugged Usa-chan, backed up by Mori.

"I…" Haruhi wondered if Hani phrased things purposely in order that no one would ever say no to him. She sighed. "I'll be there."

Tamaki stopped chasing the twins in order to gush over her acquiescence and tell her that he would spend every moment of the weekend with her in order to have the proper commoner's bonding experience.

"That will be unnecessary, Sempai," she informed him, and escaped before he could start swinging her around in circles.

Twenty nine hours later, they were sitting on a beach around a blazing bonfire. They had already experienced roasting hot dogs and marshmallows over the fire, and Tamaki had branded the outing a success. Haruhi felt that it was more of an "insult Haruhi's commoner lifestyle" party than a bonding experience, but she was the only one who felt that way.

Kyoya rejected the idea of playing "Truth or Dare" and the twins had nixed Tamaki's suggestions of singing Kum-ba-yah.

"We have to bond somehow!" Tamaki insisted, consulting a badly written teen novel. "It says here that we should bare our souls to one another! Share our dreams!"

""We want to be world famous fashion designers!"" the twins said in unison, apparently finally approving of a suggestion of Tamaki's.

"I want to eat cake with Usa-chan!" Hani declared, shoving a confection into his mouth.

"My dream is to take over the company my father has built," Kyoya admitted, smirking as the firelight reflected off of his glasses. "Whether I inherit it or not."

"I have so many dreams!" Tamaki insisted with a flourish. "There are so many things to which I could apply my talents and succeed! But I think…" at this he calmed down a bit, "I'd like to see my mother again, someday."

Haruhi smiled softly. It was the first time that evening that she really felt like they were bonding. She decided that since they were being honest, she wouldn't hold back.

"My dream is to graduate with honors from Ouran Academy. Then I want to become a lawyer and help people, just like my mother. And if somewhere along the way I find someone to share my life with, that wouldn't be so bad." She smiled at them, expecting to be glomped or fussed over by the twins. Tamaki and the redheaded pair did squeal a little over how cute she was, but their usual antics were absent.

Instead, they all turned expectantly to the last member of their little circle. He smiled, but didn't say anything, and a few moments later got up and strolled off down the beach.

"Mori-sempai!" Tamaki protested.

"Takashi needs to think," Hani explained, shoveling in more cake.

Haruhi did not see Mori again until sunrise the next morning, which she had gotten up to witness on the advice of Kyoya, who had told her it was quite breathtaking, "if you bother to get up early enough for it."

She was enjoying the gorgeous scenery and a few moments of solitude when he joined her.

"Good morning, Mori-sempai," she said. "Did you sleep well?"

He nodded, smiling. The two stood in silence for a moment until Mori cleared his throat.

"I never knew I had a dream," he confessed, turning to her. "Until that dream was you."

""Did Mori-sempai tell you his dream?"" the twins asked her later as they all piled into limos to go home.

Haruhi blushed and nodded, putting a hand to her lips. "It's a secret."

This chapter is dedicated to Morgaine Avenel, who has finally helped me to admit that I'm one of those terrible people who scrambles to update when reminded that her readers like her fics. I'm sorry I'm one of those people but... ahem... please review.